Press contact: Kyla Kruse (Photos of participating teams are available by email request.)

SPRINGFIELD — Winners have been announced in the regional Academic Challenge held Feb. 9 at Lincoln Land Community College. Approximately 90 students from six area high schools competed.
            
Teams advancing to sectional competition in March include: Division 300 (300 students or less) – Mt. Pulaski, Pawnee and Nokomis; Division 700 (301-700 students) – Pleasant Plains and Auburn; and Division 1500 (701-1,500 students) – Chatham Glenwood. 

Individual Rankings

Division 300 teams 

Biology

First – Maddux Himes, Nokomis
Second – Thomas Lieber and Abigail O’Malley, Nokomis
Third – Clay Aylesworth, Mt. Pulaski

Chemistry  

First – Makenna Wilham, Mt. Pulaski
Second – Alexis Wade, Mt. Pulaski; Justin Skinner, Pawnee
Third – Evan Cooper and Clay Aylesworth, Mt. Pulaski

Computer Science

First – Ella Woodworth, Mt. Pulaski
Second – David Ruhl, Mt. Pulaski
Third – Aidian Bradbury, Pawnee

Engineering Graphics

First – David Ruhl, Mt. Pulaski
Second – Chloe Lewis, Mt. Pulaski

English    

First – Claire Oliver, Pawnee
Second – Jayden Gonet, Nokomis; Delaney Howard, Mt. Pulaski; Abigail O’Malley, Nokomis
Third – Alexis Wade, Mt. Pulaski; Elizabeth Rollins, Pawnee

Mathematics

First – Maddux Himes, Nokomis
Second – Reece Lohman, Nokomis; Justin Skinner, Pawnee
Third – Kyle Neuber, Pawnee

Physics    

First – Daniel Phillips, Mt. Pulaski
Second – Riley May, Ella Woodworth and Delaney Howard, Mt. Pulaski
Third – Aidan Schneider, Mt. Pulaski; Aidian Bradbury, Pawnee

Division 700 teams 

Biology

First – Kyle Abraham, Pleasant Plains
Second – Carys Lacy, Pleasant Plains
Third – Sydney Collins, Pleasant Plains

Chemistry  

First – Isabella Dossett, Pleasant Plains
Second – Julia Drake, Pleasant Plains
Third – Connor Dove, Pleasant Plains

Computer Science

First – Connor Dove, Pleasant Plains
Second – Patrick Conner, Pleasant Plains
Third – Alex Sloman, Pleasant Plains

Engineering Graphics

First – Campbell Beeler, Pleasant Plains
Second – Patrick Conner and Alex Sloman, Pleasant Plains
Third – Mattson Seelund and Conner McDaniel, Auburn

English    

First – Benjamin Warwick, Auburn
Second – Skylar Beal, Auburn
Third – Anna Moore, Pleasant Plains

Mathematics

First – Nathan Hutcherson, Pleasant Plains
Second – Jeffrey Grimm, Auburn
Third – Karlee Westendorf, Auburn

Physics    

First – Julia Drake, Pleasant Plains
Second – Nathan Hutcherson, Pleasant Plains
Third – Isabella Dossett, Pleasant Plains

Division 1500 team (Chatham-Glenwood)

Biology

First – Maya Tolentino
Second – Alexa Wienhoff
Third – Hannah Havrilka

Chemistry  

First – Nikhil Gupta

Computer Science

First – Alivia Harms

Engineering Graphics

First – Alivia Harms
Second – Rachel Wakelin

English    

First – Jodi Jin
Second – Hannah Havrilka
Third – Maya Tolentino

Mathematics

First – Grace Kang and Nikhil Gupta
Second – Lucas Colonius
Third – Jodi Jin

Physics    

First – Grace Kang
Second – Alexa Wienhoff
Third – Lucas Colonius

Thanks to support from the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE), a $200 LLCC scholarship was awarded at the event to Coree Keagy from Nokomis High School, who was selected at random. 

The regional level competition at LLCC was sponsored by LLCC, Eastern Illinois University and the Capital Chapter of ISPE.